5G Is Likely to Put Weather Forecasting at Risk

Re:5G Is Likely to Put Weather Forecasting at Risk by arcticbull on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @04:23PM (#19686176)

We did. Many times. Each time there's a generational shift in wireless technology some people come out and say it's good enough, we're done here, nothing new to make, why do you bother with all this effort. Then we do. And life improves, our experience with technology improves, and we get used to it. Then the cycle repeats itself.

Grab an iPhone 3G and use it for a few days. That's what going back from 5G to 4G will be 5 years from now. Just as it is going back from 4G to 3G today. You've just gotten used to how good things are.

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Re:5G Is Likely to Put Weather Forecasting at Risk by jackvalentine on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @07:07PM (#19687212)

I see you're getting frustrated with me because I'm not willing to accept that because it happened in the past, it will always happen in the future.

I just set my phone to 3G, where I'm getting a speed test of 15mbps about 1/10th what I get on 4G typically.

Everything seems to work the same way it did on 4G. Actually I'm surprised by that because I thought 4G had been a bigger improvement.

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